Water Pitcher by Peter Berg
Art Institute of Chicago

Water Pitcher

Peter Berg · 1910

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Given to Sophia Preston Owsley (1890-1969), Lisle, IL, on the occasion of her marriage to Sterling Joy Morton (1885-1961), Nov. 2, 1910 [her initials, PO, are on the vessel]; by descent to their daughter, Suzette Morton Davidson (1911-1996; also Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson) by 1973 [incoming receipt, RX9061, Jan. 22, 1973; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1973.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Chicago Historical Society, <em>Chicago Metalsmiths</em>, May 21–Oct. 23, 1977, cat. 48.
  • New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, <em>High Styles: Twentieth–Century American Design</em>, Sept. 19, 1985–Feb. 16, 1986, no cat. no.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/570/apostles-of-beauty-arts-and-crafts-from-britain-to-chicago"><em>Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago</em></a>, Nov. 7, 2009–Jan. 31, 2010, cat. 68.

Literature

Published references

  • David Hanks, “Two Recent Acquisitions of American Silver,” <em>Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago</em> 67, no. 4 (July/Aug., 1973): 14–15 (ill.).
  • Sharon S. Darling and Gail E. Farr, <em>Chicago Metalsmiths: An Illustrated History</em>, exh. cat. (Chicago Historical Society, 1977), cat. 48.
  • Lisa Phillips and David A. Hanks, <em>High Styles: Twentieth-Century American Design</em> exh. cat. (Whitney Museum of American Art, 1985), 39, fig. 1.38 (ill.).
  • Anneliese Krekel–Aalberse, <em>Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver</em> (Harry N. Abrams, 1989), 112, cat. 98.
  • Judith A. Barter, "The Prairie School and Decorative Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago" <em>Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies</em> 21, no. 2 (1995): 112–133, cat. 25 (ill.)
  • Thomas K. Maher, <em>The Jarvie Shop: The Candlesticks and Metalwork of Robert R. Jarvie</em> (Turn of the Century Editions, 1997), pl. 17 (ill.).
  • Judith A. Barter, et al., <em>American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), 311–312, cat. 161 (ill.).
  • Carolyn Kelly, <em>The Kalo Shop: A Case Study of Handwrought Silver in the Twentieth Century</em> (master's thesis, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Parsons School of Design, 2006), 40, 159 (ill.).
  • Judith A. Barter, ed., <em>Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), 158–59, 195, cat. 68, fig. 7 (ill.).
  • Judith A. Barter, Elizabeth McGoey, et al., <em>American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 193–5, cat. 76 (ill.).
  • Elizabeth McGoey, ed., <em>American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2018), <a href="https://publications.artic.edu/americansilver/reader/collection/section/6">https://publications.artic.edu/americansilver/reader/collection/section/6</a>, cat. 76 (ill.).

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